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An accident along the Harlem Public Road, West Coast Demerara (WCD) on Thursday evening has left three persons injured.

  A Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara (WCD) shop owner was beaten and robbed during the wee hours of Wednesday morning, when two armed men invaded his house.

Just months after passing key amendments to the anti-money laundering law, following a bitter three-year battle, the APNU+AFC administration is moving to make more changes.

(Reuters) – Chemical titans DuPont and Dow Chemical Co have agreed to combine in an all-stock merger valued at $130 billion in a first step towards breaking up into three separate businesses, a move that pleased activist investors and could trigger more consolidation.

An Albousytown cart man was yesterday remanded to prison to await trial after he was charged with robbing a woman of hundreds of thousands of dollars in diamonds and other items.

A horse cart operator was yesterday remanded to prison after being read charges of armed robbery and possession of cannabis.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Gunmen attacked military sites in Burundi’s capital yesterday and 12 of the assailants were killed while 20 were arrested after heavy fighting, the army said.

The management of Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has launched an internal investigation into disruptions of the utility company’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) network.

(Barbados Nation) As Barbados remains preoccupied with the bidding war for Banks Holdings Limited, two of the Caribbean’s leading companies have joined forces.

(Trinidad Guardian) President and chief executive of Massy Group, Gervais Warner, has expressed deep concern about the recent disclosure by Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran of the country’s 18 biggest foreign exchange buyers, saying it may have set a dangerous precedent.

A Dowding Street, Kitty woman was yesterday remanded to prison after she appeared before a city court for possession of cannabis for trafficking.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said yesterday that an ambitious global climate deal was within reach, though political concessions were still required to get over some last hurdles.

(Trinidad Express) The rules have changed for the appointment of a Commissioner of Police (CoP), who now must be a Trinidad and Tobago national, Communications Minister Maxie Cuffie announced on Thursday.

SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – Tesla Motors Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk and other prominent tech executives are pouring $1 billion into a non-profit aimed at creating artificial intelligence that augments humans’ capabilities, rather than making them obsolete.

The government of Mexico under the VI Mexico-Caricom Cooperation Programme 2014-2015 has commenced a two-week intermediate Spanish course in Guyana for more than 30 teachers of the language within the region.

(Reuters) – Australia captain Steve Smith enforced the follow-on after West Indies were dismissed for 223, a first innings deficit of 360 runs, early on the third day of the first test at Hobart today.

The Guyana Water Inc says that Chief Executive, Dr. Richard Van West-Charles and the management of GWI have launched an internal investigation following the discovery by GWI ICT personnel of a device which compromised GWI’s ICT network.

Just months after passing the anti-money laundering law following a three-year battle, the APNU+AFC administration is to now table amendments to it.

A Brooklyn, New York jury has ordered Delta Airlines to pay US$759,000 ($158m) in damages to a Guyana-born security guard who was arrested after a baggage handler planted cocaine in his suitcase, the New York Daily News reported yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) President and chief executive of Massy Group, Gervais Warner, has expressed deep concern about the recent disclosure by Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran of the country’s 18 biggest foreign exchange buyers, saying it may have set a dangerous precedent.